Pozsgay, Imre

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1933-11-26
Hungarians,
Hungarian,

Biographical notes:

Hungarian politician; minister of culture, 1976-1980; minister of education, 1980-1982; minister of state, 1988-1990.

From the description of Imre Pozsgay papers, 1935-2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872415

Biographical/Historical Note

26 November 1933 Born, Kóny, Hungary 1948 1952 Studied at College of Horticulture, Fertőd, Hungary 1950 1957 Member of the Magyar Dolgozók Pártja, or MDP (the Hungarian Workers' Party, or HWP) 1952 1957 Studied at Lenin Institute, Budapest, Hungary; graduated from the Department of History and Marxism-Leninism 1957 1989 Member of the Magyar Szocialista Munkás Párt, or MSZMP (the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, or HSWP) 1957 1968 Leader of several sub-organizations within the HSWP Bács-Kiskun County Committee 1968 1969 Secretary, the HSWP Bács-Kiskun County Committee 1970 Head of Press Section, HSWP Central Committee 1971 1975 Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the HSWP journal Társadalmi Szemle 1975 1976 Hungarian Deputy Minister of Education and Culture 1976 1982 Hungarian Minister of Education and Culture 1982 1988 Secretary General of the Hazafias Népfront, or HNF (the Patriotic Popular Front, or PPF) 1983 1994 Member of the Hungarian Parliament 1988 1990 Hungarian Minister of State 1989 1990 Co-founder and deputy chairman of the Magyar Szocialista Párt, or MSZP (the Hungarian Socialist Party, or HSP) 1991 1996 Co-founder and later chairman of the Nemzeti Demokrata Szövetség, or NDSZ (National Democratic Union, or NDU) 1991 2003 Professor of Political Sciences, Debrecen University, Debrecen, Hungary 1995 2000 Rector of St. László University, Budapest

From the guide to the Imre Pozsgay papers, 1930-2005, (bulk 1953-2005), (Hoover Institution Archives)

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